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Word: binker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Best Teacher of 1946" is greying Mrs. Edith Creed Binker, 42, wife of an insurance man. Says she: "I'm just an ordinary teacher who got in a rut 22 years ago and has been polishing the groove ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best Teacher | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...picked as follows: some 14,000 listeners to the Quiz Kids radio program nominated a favorite teacher, giving their written reasons.* A girl and a boy voted for Mrs. Binker. Three college professors picked the seven best letters, then sent out legmen to see the seven teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best Teacher | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

They found Mrs. Binker teaching English, spelling, science and music at Central School, Warren Township, eight miles out of Plainfield, N.J. She earns $1,950 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best Teacher | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...Binker's reward: $1,000, a year's free graduate study, and an appearance on the Quiz Kids' program. Said she firmly: "But they won't get me into any math quiz with Joel Kupperman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best Teacher | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

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